GOOD for you not letting them get to you....When I was over 280, I found the vast majority of people treated me kindly. Hey, you can lose weight but you can't fix stupid :)

WHOO got back from my second 2 mile walk today (i just cant help it, its so beautiful out) no one said a word to me, except to compliment my tattoos, there is always at least one person who stops me to mention them.

i thought about it, and i really dont care what they think. it just makes me sad that people have so much hate in their hearts that they push it onto innocent bystanders.

Another walk, how lovely!

And I agree with you 100%, it's sad people feel the need to be unkind to others.

I had to remind my bf of this the other day. Not that he was necessarily making fun of anyone or throwing fat jokes, but we were walking home from class and he commented on how "slow" a girl was jogging across the street. She wasn't overweight so he wasn't insulting her body or anything. But I had to remind him that, first of all, we were WALKING and really couldn't say much about speed. Second of all, no one should ever have anything to say about how another person works out. Just the fact that they are getting exercise is amazing and SO much better than people sitting on the couch! My bf has never been overweight and pretty much has no filter for the stuff coming out of his mouth, so I know he didn't mean anything by it. But it still irked me!

I say bravo for all of us that are trying to get fit and live healthier lives...no matter what size we currently are!

My friend and I are both over weight.. Well we went for a walk and someone yelled something like "Go back to the water beach whale's." I didn't see them. They had to be rather immature to yell something like that. I mean seriously.

THIS! So much. When you get to know the person behind the insults, you find out that 99.9 percent of the time they are a miserable person. I have yet to find a rude, heartless person that isn't trashy or miserable. Instead of encouraging or admiring other people, they have to pick out faults, and their life is so bad they have to focus on other people. It's really true that people like that are the ones with the problem in the end, so it's best to brush it off! You have to wonder what kind of life they lead and about their upbringing if they can insult strangers and still feel okay with themselves at the end of the day.

I'm sorry that this happened to you. I wish we could all come visit and beat the stupid out of them. Since we can't, take some comfort in the fact that they are little men without girlfriends and they will always be little men. You are changing your life, sadly they probably wont. Be proud of yourself because we are! You are saying eff you with every step!

Ugh this brings back so many memories.

I first started going for long walks with my friend [also a bit heavy] and we got things yelled at us on one occasion, and I got mooed at while walking my dogs one night...I was mortified. Because of that, I started working out with fitness videos in the privacy of my own home. Every night I would crank the AC last summer and pop in a new dvd as little my little my self-esteem returned. Eventually, I added jogging, but ONLY at night, and if I saw someone or a group I would literally cross the street. It's sick to live like that but I still get those moments.

Now, I go to kickboxing class & I feel like an equal and it's great. But I still don't like to run outside unless it's dark out...I still haven't fully gotten over the fear that someone is going to yell something out of their car even though I've lost a good amount of weight.

I hate that some stupid losers who needed to pick on me took something away from me...but there it is. My thinking is to just keep pushing though it and realize that there are a lot more people applauding you than thinking cruel thoughts. Additionally, if anyone dared to yell at me now, I'd probably yell back and tell them that at least I was working out - they are the lazy ones sitting in their freaking car yelling insults...I mean seriously?

The most hurtful thing that has happened to me recently was, while I was pregnant and yes, getting enormous, it came to my attention that some of the ladies in my circle of acquaintances thought I was a stuck-up b*tch and were vastly, deeply amused by how much weight I was gaining.
So I finally embraced the mantra "Let your haters be your motivators." and decided that if they wanted to think everything came easy to me without getting to know me, or getting to know the truth, I'd go ahead and let them laugh at my expanding girth, and in a few months I'll go visit them in a tank top with a nice, tight tummy, and smile in their face. Catty? Sure. But I've got weight to lose, and making their jaws drop will be all the reward I need. I'd rather have them hate me because I lost all the baby weight and am back to strutting around like I own the place than have them like me because I kept the baby weight and don't comb my hair.

Let your haters be your motivators. :carrot:

this is why i wear headphones really loud.. haha.

be lucky i didn't hear you, cause i might just hurl a rock at your car.

i totally agree with letting your haters be your motivators. all that matters is that i love me, my hubby loves me, and my family and friends love me. ill let the haters be haters, its the only thing they are good at

Very happy for you!!! - just continue those "beautiful walks" - there's hardly anything in the world better than a nice walk on a beautiful day - and the best thing is that you don't let some a**hat with their ignoramus comments take that away from you!! :carrot:

...and I know what you mean about the tattoos - I always get compliments on mine too, and sometimes from people I least expect it (94-yr-old catholic grandmother... LOL!!! :D )

ive got 2 half sleeves, a large portrait on my back, my forearm, my legs, my feet, my toes etc tattooed. thats probably the only thing i will miss about being big, i wont have as much room to cover!!!